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{{Short description|1998 Japanese adult visual novel}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
| image = One original game cover.jpg
| caption = Cover featuring heroine Mizuka Nagamori
| developer = [[Tactics (company)|Tactics]]
| publisher = {{ubl|[[Tactics (company)|Tactics]] <small>(Windows)</small>|[[KID]] <small>(PS)</small>|AI System <small>(Windows)</small>|[[Nexton]] <small>(Windows)</small>|Kawamoto Industrial <small>(FOMA)</small>|Magicseed <small>(au, S3G)</small>|Regolith Innovation <small>(Android)</small>}}
| writer = {{ubl|[[Jun Maeda]]|[[Naoki Hisaya]]|Shinji Takabayashi{{efn|Only for Natsuki Shimizu's route in the PlayStation port.}}}}
| artist = [[Itaru Hinoue]]
| composer = {{ubl|[[Shinji Orito]]|YET11|Ishisan|[[OdiakeS]]|M.S.}}
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access]], [[au (mobile phone company)|au]], [[SoftBank Mobile|SoftBank 3G]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|May 29, 1998}}|
'''Windows'''{{vgrelease|JP|May 29, 1998|JP|September 14, 2000|JP|January 24, 2003|JP|June 1, 2007}}
'''PlayStation'''{{vgrelease|JP|April 1, 1999}}
'''FOMA'''{{vgrelease|JP|February 9, 2007}}
'''au'''{{vgrelease|JP|March 1, 2007}}
'''SoftBank 3G'''{{vgrelease|JP|July 2, 2007}}
'''Android'''{{vgrelease|JP|June 14, 2012}}
}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Eroge]]{{efn|All versions except the PlayStation port, and the versions playable on au and SoftBank 3G mobile phones have adult content.}}
*[[visual novel]]
}}
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'''''|One ～輝く季節へ～||lit. ''One ~To the Radiant Season~''}} is a Japanese [[Eroge|adult]] [[visual novel]], developed by [[Tactics (company)|Tactics]], a brand of [[Nexton]], released on May 29, 1998 playable on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Personal computer|PCs]]. The erotic content was later removed when the game was [[Porting|ported]] to the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. The story follows the life of Kōhei Orihara, a high school student who has fun spending time with several girls about his age, while at the same time he is gradually being drawn into a mystical alternate space known as the Eternal World.

The [[gameplay]] in ''One'' follows a [[Nonlinear gameplay#Branching storylines|branching plot line]] which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the six female main characters by the [[player character]]. The game ranked several times in the national top 50 for best-selling PC games sold in Japan. A [[sequel]] loosely based on ''One'' titled ''One 2: Eien no Yakusoku'' was produced by BaseSon, another brand under Nexton, and was released in April 2002. An enhanced [[Video game remake|remake]] was released in December 2023, and it is also available in English by Shiravune.

Much of the staff that created the game later became the founding members of the visual novel brand [[Key (company)|Key]]. [[KSS (company)|KSS]] produced a four-episode all ages [[original video animation]] (OVA) series between 2001 and 2002 titled ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e''. [[Odessa Entertainment|Cherry Lips]] produced a three-episode [[Hentai|adult]] OVA series between 2003 and 2004 titled ''One: True Stories''. ''One: True Stories'' was later licensed for English language distribution by [[Media Blasters]]. [[Comic anthology|Comic anthologies]] and four novels were also published, as were [[audio drama]]s.

==Plot==
===Setting and gameplay===
The main part ''One''{{'}}s story takes place at a Japanese high school,<ref name="visual-book" /> though little is shown except for Kōhei's classroom, the cafeteria, and a little of the surrounding area. The main school building is three-stories, and the roof is accessible, albeit with a sign on the roof's access door saying "No Entry", but the door is never locked regardless. Adjacent to the main building is another which houses club rooms. The school borders a forest on one side with a [[Chain link fencing|chain link fence]]. Beyond the forest is a park with a fountain and a flight of stairs on a hill. Other than the school, the shopping district in town and the usual path Kōhei takes to school are shown, but otherwise the only other place depicted is Kōhei's two-story house.<ref name="visual-book" />
[[File:Mizuka One game screenshot.png|thumb|200px|left|Text in ''One'' is displayed in a dialog box, here depicting the player character talking with Mizuka.]]
''One'' is a [[Romance (love)|romance]] [[visual novel]] in which the player assumes the role of Kōhei Orihara.<ref name="visual-book">{{cite book|publication-date=October 1998|title=Tactics Moon & One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Creation Original Picture Collection|year=1998|publisher=Compass|isbn=978-4-87763-014-0}}</ref> Much of its [[gameplay]] is spent on reading the story's [[narrative]] and [[dialogue]]. ''One'' follows a [[Nonlinear gameplay#Branching storylines|branching plot line]] with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.<ref name="visual-book" /> There are six main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices to further the plot to an alternate direction. In the [[Hentai|adult]] versions of the game, there are scenes with sexual [[Computer graphics|CGs]] depicting Kōhei and a given heroine having sex.<ref name="visual-book" /> Later, [[Porting|ports]] of the game were released without the erotic content.

===Characters===
Kōhei Orihara is a young man in high school living a normal life. He tends to tease the girls he knows, especially his childhood friend Mizuka Nagamori, but deep down he is generally nice to girls. Mizuka usually takes good care of him, and worries about Kōhei, wondering if he could suddenly get a girlfriend. She is constantly sighing, being made to go along with Kōhei's meaningless jokes. Kōhei meets a transfer student named Rumi Nanase early in the story whose goal is to become a "true maiden" and to that end, she behaves maidenly toward those around her, but she shows her true character just to Kōhei, who leaves a terrible first impression. Kōhei gets to know a quiet classmate named Akane Satomura who does not readily open her heart up to those around her, and refuses any help Kōhei may offer.<ref name="visual-book" />

Kōhei also meets a blind upperclassman named Misaki Kawana who has a sociable personality where she can be unreserved with anyone. A mute underclassman girl named Mio Kōzuki meets Kōhei one day and uses a sketchbook to carry on written conversations. She belongs to the drama club, and despite not being able to speak, can still show emotion through various abundant expressions. The last girl Kōhei gets to know is a childish junior high school student named Mayu Shiina who refuses to go to school. Her one and only friend she could trust in life, a ferret named Myū, dies shortly before she meets Kōhei and the other main characters.<ref name="visual-book" />

===Story===
The story revolves around Kōhei Orihara, the main protagonist. His father died when he was very young, followed by his younger sister Misao and finally his mother. Deeply depressed, he goes to live with his aunt Yukiko, his mother's younger sister, about ten years before ''One''{{'}}s story begins on November 30, 1998. After he meets Mizuka Nagamori as a child, Kōhei begins to seclude himself in the Eternal World, a world within his mind. The game's main recurring [[Motif (literature)|motif]] is a focus on the Eternal World, a mystical alternate space which is never clearly explained, and the details of which are unknown. Shun Hikami's remarks in the original game are possible clues about the Eternal World.

The Eternal World is a place similar to the afterlife where a person's "other self" awaits. Anyone can access it, though it is only accessible once one has lost his or her grounding in the real world. It may be necessary to form a pledge with someone in the real world as a guide to the Eternal World, but one's memories surrounding the pledge become vague. A grace period can be granted between when the pledge is made and when someone goes to the Eternal World. Once the process has started, nothing can prevent someone from going to the Eternal World, and returning to the real world is difficult. Someone about to leave to the Eternal World starts to be forgotten approximately one week before going, and the amount of time before someone forgets differs based on how much someone thinks about the person leaving. However, he or she is remembered the moment that person returns. If a strong emotional bond is established in the real world before leaving, a person in the Eternal World can be returned after approximately one year.

Kōhei is living a normal life in high school with Mizuka, and gets to know five other girls throughout the story who he helps with their various personal problems. While Kōhei likes to joke and tease these girls, deep down he is nice to girls and genuinely wants to help them. In the story, Kōhei is able to form intimate relationships with the six heroines: Mizuka Nagamori, Rumi Nanase, Misaki Kawana, Mio Kouzuki, Mayu Shiina, and Akane Satomura. While a given relationship will start out well, before long those around him start to forget him as he begins to retreat further into the Eternal World. If Kōhei forms a strong bond with one of the girls, she alone remembers him even after he leaves to the Eternal World. This ensures his eventual return one year later when he and the girl reunite.

==Development and release==
''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' is Tactics' third title, after ''[[Moon (visual novel)|Moon]]'' and ''[[Dōsei]]''. ''One'''s production was headed by YET11, the pseudonym of Tsutomu Yoshizawa, who also contributed to the music in the game. Planning was led by [[Jun Maeda]], who worked on the scenario with fellow writer [[Naoki Hisaya]].<ref name="onestaff">{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=890|title=ONE ～輝く季節へ～ ErogameScape－エロゲー批評空間－|trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' ErogameScape - Eroge Commentary Room -|publisher=ErogameScape|access-date=June 15, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725101542/http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=890|archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> Maeda wrote the scenarios for Mizuka, Rumi and Mayu, while Hisaya wrote the routes for Misaki, Mio and Akane. Art direction was done by [[Itaru Hinoue]] who also worked on the [[computer graphics]] along with artists Miracle Mikipon and Shinory. In addition to YET11, the soundtrack was composed by [[Shinji Orito]], [[OdiakeS]], M.S. and Ishisan.<ref name="onestaff" />

''One'' was first released on May 29, 1998 in regular and limited edition versions playable on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Personal computer|PCs]] in [[CD-ROM]] format;<ref name="tacticsone">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723212557/http://sv.force-x.com/~tactics/qtactics/one.htm|url=http://sv.force-x.com/~tactics/qtactics/one.htm|title=Tactics最新情報|trans-title=Tactics Latest Information|publisher=[[Tactics (company)|Tactics]]|archive-date=July 23, 2011|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> the limited edition included the game's first original soundtrack.<ref name="tacticsone" /> Both the limited and regular editions of the original game contained no voice acting. A promotional video for the game is still available for download at Tactics' ''One'' website.<ref name="tacticsone" /> On April 1, 1999, [[KID]] released an all ages version in regular and limited editions playable on the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] under the title ''Kagayaku Kisetsu e''; the PS version contained full-voice acting.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118181126/http://www.kid-game.co.jp/kid/game/game_galkid/kisetu/kisetu.html|url=http://www.kid-game.co.jp/kid/game/game_galkid/kisetu/kisetu.html |script-title=ja:輝く季節へ|trans-title=Kagayaku Kisetsu e|publisher=[[KID]]|archive-date=January 18, 2008|access-date=June 19, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> On September 14, 2000, AI System released ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Memorial Selection'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00009ELB2/|title=ONE ~ 輝く季節へ ~ メモリアルセレクション もういちど君に逢いたい|trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Memorial Selection'' I Want to Meet You Again|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 20, 2009|language=ja}}</ref> which was essentially the original game, though the price was cheaper at a little less than half the original price. On January 1, 2003, a full voice version of the Windows game was released by [[Nexton]].<ref name="nextonone" /> Kōhei was not voiced in any of the versions.

Kawamoto Industrial released a version playable on [[Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access|FOMA]] mobile phones on February 9, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225152535/http://pm.d-dream.com/mobile.php|url=http://pm.d-dream.com/mobile.php|title=D-Dreamプラチナ館 - メンズ|trans-title=D-Dream Platinum House Men's|publisher=D-Dream|archive-date=February 25, 2007|access-date=February 11, 2022|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> Magicseed released two versions without adult content: one playable on [[au (mobile phone company)|au mobile phones]] on March 1, 2007, and the other playable on [[SoftBank Mobile|SoftBank 3G]] mobile phones on July 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327094148/http://www.galplay.jp/pc/new.html|url=http://www.galplay.jp/pc/new.html|title=EZweb & Yahoo!ケータイ公式・美少女ゲーム専門ポータルサイト|publisher=Magicseed|archivedate=March 27, 2008|access-date=February 13, 2022|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120730225912/http://www.galplay.net/pc/game.html|url=http://www.galplay.net/pc/game.html|title=i-mode & EZweb & Yahoo!ケータイ公式・美少女ゲーム専門ポータルサイト ◆◆ 美少女遊び ◆◆|trans-title=i-mode & EZweb & Yahoo! Cell Phone Official Bishōjo Game Expert Internet Portal ◆◆ Bishōjo Play ◆◆|publisher=Magicseed|archivedate=July 30, 2012|access-date=February 13, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref> The final release by Nexton was on June 1, 2007 as a [[Windows Vista]] compatible edition for the PC.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.comshop.ne.jp/index.php?VID=user.pubItem.detail&OP=view&mid=69520|title=ONE ～輝く季節へ～ vista動作確認版|trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' Vista Action Validation Version|publisher=Comshop |access-date=June 19, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> Gyutto released the full-voice, Vista-compatible edition of ''One'' as a downloadable version on February 26, 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gyutto.com/i/item32927|title=ONE～輝く季節へ～ VISTA動作確認版|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Vista Compatible Edition|publisher=Gyutto|access-date=January 18, 2012|language=ja}}</ref> and DMM also made it available as a downloadable version on June 15, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dlsoft.dmm.co.jp/detail/next_0046/|title=ONE 〜輝く季節へ〜|publisher=DMM|access-date=February 13, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> Regolith Innovation released a version playable on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices through their Drops! service and app on June 14, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220213092904/https://www.gapsis.jp/2012/06/980nexton.html|url=https://www.gapsis.jp/2012/06/980nexton.html|title=美少女ゲームストアアプリ「どろっぷす！」が登場。各タイトルは980円～の低価格で提供。アリスソフト、NEXTONらのブランドが参加|publisher=Gapsis|date=June 15, 2012|archivedate=February 13, 2022|access-date=February 13, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Related media==
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
| ja_kanji        = One ～輝く季節へ～
| genre           = [[Drama]], [[fantasy]], [[Romance (love)|romance]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = novel series
| author          = [[Midori Tateyama]]
| publisher       = [[Movic]]
| demographic     = Male
| first           = August 31, 1998
| last            = April 1, 2000
| volumes         = 4
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| director        = [[Yōsei Morino]]
| producer        = Saburō Ōmiya<br>Takatsugu Ōishi<br>Osamu Koshinaka
| writer          = Yōsei Morino
| music           = Torsten Rasch
| studio          = [[Arms (company)|Triple X]]
| first           = August 10, 2001
| last            = May 24, 2002
| runtime         = 30 minutes each
| episodes        = 4
| episode_list    = List of One episodes#One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = ova
| title           = One: True Stories
| director        = [[Kan Fukumoto]]
| producer        = Nabezō<br>Takatsugu Ōishi
| writer          = Tetsuya Ōishi
| music           = {{ubl|Yoshirou Hara|Tomomi Nakamura}}
| studio          = [[Arms (company)|Arms]]
| licensee        = {{English anime licensee
  |NA=[[Media Blasters]]
}}
| first           = November 21, 2003
| last            = May 28, 2004
| runtime         = 30 minutes each
| episodes        = 3
| episode_list    = List of One episodes#One: True Stories
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
===Print===
Four [[Erotic literature|adult]] novels based on the series, written by [[Midori Tateyama]], were published by [[Movic]] between August 1998 and April 2000.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050420131511/http://www.movic.co.jp/book/2/01/01b_0007.htm|url=http://www.movic.co.jp/book/2/01/01b_0007.htm|title=MOVIC出版課第二編集部Web Site.書籍紹介|trans-title=MOVIC Publication Second Editorial Department Web Site.Book Introduction|publisher=[[Movic]]|archive-date=April 20, 2005|access-date=July 8, 2009| language=ja}}</ref> Each volume focused on one of the main heroines in the story; volumes one through four focused on Mizuka, Akane, Misaki, and Rumi, respectively. A 143-page official fan book, which focused on ''[[Moon (visual novel)|Moon]]'' and ''One'', was released by the publisher Compass in October 1998, titled ''Tactics Moon & One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Creation Image Collection''.<ref>{{cite book|title=タクティクスMOON.&ONE~輝く季節へ~設定原画集 (大型本)|trans-title=Tactics Moon & One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Creation Image Collection (large book)|id={{ASIN|4877630147|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref> [[ASCII Corporation|ASCII]] released a 95-page official fan book for the PlayStation version of ''One'' in October 1999.<ref>{{cite book|title=輝く季節へビジュアルファンブック (ASPECT CUTE) (単行本（ソフトカバー）)|trans-title=Kagayaku Kisetsu e Visual Fan Book (ASPECT CUTE) (Tankōbon (soft cover))|id={{ASIN|4757205759|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref>

Compass also released a [[manga]] anthology called ''Tactics Anthology Comic One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Chapter'' in May 1999.<ref>{{cite book|title=タクティクス アンソロジーコミック ONE~輝く季節へ~編 (単行本)|trans-title=Tactics Anthology Comic One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Chapter (Tankōbon)|id={{ASIN|4877630368|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref> Movic released a two-volume manga anthology called ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Comic Anthology'' between October and December 1999.<ref>{{cite book|title=ONE~輝く季節へ~コミックアンソロジー (単行本)|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Comic Anthology (Tankōbon)|id={{ASIN|4896014510|country=jp}}| language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=ONE~輝く季節へ~コミックアンソロジー (2) (単行本)|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Comic Anthology (2) (Tankōbon)|id={{ASIN|4896014685|country=jp}}| language=ja}}</ref> Ohzora released five volumes of manga anthologies: three in one series, and the last two as stand-alone volumes. The three-volume series is titled ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Anthology Comics'' and were released between May 2002 and February 2003.<ref>{{cite book|title=ONE~輝く季節へ~―アンソロジーコミックス (ミッシィコミックス) (コミック)|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Anthology Comics (Misshii Comics) (comic)|id={{ASIN|4872876733|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=ONE~輝く季節へ~ 3―アンソロジーコミック (ミッシィコミックス ツインハートコミックスシリーズ) (コミック)|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e 3 Anthology Comic (Misshii Comics Twin Heart Comics Series) (comic)|id={{ASIN|4776710021|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref> The first stand-alone volume called ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Dōjin Selection'' was released in September 2003,<ref>{{cite book|title=ONE~輝く季節~―同人セレクション (ミッシィコミックス ツインハートコミックスシリーズ) (コミック)|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Dōjin Selection (Misshii Comics Twin Heart Comics Series) (comic)|id={{ASIN|4776711206|country=jp}}|language=ja}}</ref> and the second stand-alone volume titled ''Hidamari One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' was released in January 2004.<ref>{{cite book|title=陽だまりONE~輝く季節へ (ミッシィコミックス ツインハートコミックスシリーズ) (コミック)|trans-title=Hidamari One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e (Misshii Comics Twin Heart Comics Series) (comic)|id={{ASIN|4776710722|country=jp}}|language= ja}}</ref>

===Anime===
{{see also|List of One episodes}}
''One'' was adapted twice into [[original video animation]] (OVA) series. The first was an all ages OVA titled ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' animated by [[Arms (company)|Triple X]] and produced by [[KSS (company)|KSS]]; four DVD volumes were released in Japan between August 10, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005MFU9/ |title=ONE~輝く季節へ~ 第一巻 雨の章 茜・詩子 (DVD)|date=10 August 2001 |trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' Volume 1 Rain Chapter Akane/Shiiko (DVD)|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 20, 2009|language=ja}}</ref> and May 24, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000065E5F/ |title=ONE~輝く季節へ~ 第4巻 桜の章 瑞佳・繭 (DVD)|date=24 May 2002 |trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'' Volume 4 Sakura Chapter Mizuka/Mayu (DVD)|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 20, 2009|language=ja}}</ref> The all ages OVA is only loosely based on the original ''One'' visual novel and has a different setting. The second series, produced by [[Odessa Entertainment|Cherry Lips]], was an adult OVA under the title ''One: True Stories'', and adapted the visual novel much more closely. Three DVD volumes containing a single episode each were released between November 21, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0000DJWRO/|title=ONE~輝く季節へ~True Stories 1 (DVD)|trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e True Stories'' 1 (DVD)|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 20, 2009|language=ja|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722140107/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0000DJWRO/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and May 28, 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0001Z31OG/|title=ONE~輝く季節へ~True Stories 3 (DVD)|trans-title=''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e True Stories'' 3 (DVD)|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=June 20, 2009|language=ja|archive-date=July 17, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717185732/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0001Z31OG/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''One: True Stories'' was later licensed for English distribution by [[Media Blasters]] and the three episodes were released in a single volume on August 16, 2005.<ref name="truestories">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930224538/http://www.mania.com/one-true-stories_article_77307.html|url=http://www.mania.com/one-true-stories_article_77307.html|title=One: True Stories|publisher=Mania|date=October 21, 2005|archive-date=September 30, 2012|access-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref>

===Music and audio CDs===
The visual novel's one main piece of [[theme music]] is the ending theme {{Nihongo|"Kagayaku Kisetsu e"|輝く季節へ}} composed by [[Shinji Orito]]. Five of the heroines have [[background music]] [[leitmotif]]s, excluding Mayu Shiina.<ref name="OST-booklet">{{cite AV media notes |title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Original Soundtrack |others=[[Shinji Orito]], Tsutomu Yoshizawa, [[OdiakeS]], M.S., Ishisan |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Movic]] |id=MGM-001 |location=[[Tokyo]] }}</ref> Mizuka Nagamori's theme is {{Nihongo|"Happiki no Neko"|8匹のネコ|Eight Cats}}; Rumi Nanase's theme is {{Nihongo|"Otome Kibō"|乙女希望|Maiden's Wish}}; Misaki Kawana's theme is {{Nihongo|"Mitame wa Ojō-sama"|見た目はお嬢様|Ladylike Appearance}}; Mio Kouzuki's theme is {{Nihongo|"Mujaki ni Egao"|無邪気に笑顔|Innocent Smile}}; lastly, Akane Satomura's theme is {{Nihongo|"Niji o Mita Shōkei"|虹をみた小径|Path of a Rainbow Sighting}}.<ref name="OST-booklet" /> The first original soundtrack for the game was released on December 6, 1998, and a second followed on September 24, 1999 as a piano [[Arrangement|arrange]] album.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207184527/http://www.movic.co.jp/book/2/02/02c_0001.htm|url=http://www.movic.co.jp/book/2/02/02c_0001.htm|title=MOVIC出版課第二編集部Web Site.CDのご紹介|trans-title=MOVIC Publication Second Editorial Department Web Site.CD Introduction|publisher=[[Movic]]|archive-date=February 7, 2005|access-date=July 8, 2009| language=ja}}</ref> A [[remix album]] titled ''Sea Roars'' came bundled with the full voice Windows edition of the game released on January 1, 2003.<ref name="nextonone">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602070819/http://nexton-net.jp/~nexton/one_full|url=http://nexton-net.jp/~nexton/one_full/|title=ONE～輝く季節へ～フルボイスバージョン|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Full Voice Version|publisher=[[Nexton]]|archive-date=June 2, 2009|access-date=September 19, 2014|language=ja}}</ref>

Three [[Radio drama in Japan|drama CDs]] based on the original game were released by [[Movic]] between November 6, 1999 and January 30, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113023159/http://www.movic.co.jp/book/2/02/02b_0001.htm|url=http://www.movic.co.jp/book/2/02/02b_0001.htm|title=MOVIC出版課第二編集部Web Site.CDのご紹介|trans-title=MOVIC Publication Second Editorial Department Web Site.CD Introduction|publisher=[[Movic]]|archive-date=November 13, 2006|access-date=July 8, 2009|language=ja}}</ref> Two drama CDs based on the all ages OVA series were released by [[KSS (company)|KSS]] between November 2001 and July 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005QWIB/ |title=ONE~輝く季節へ~ドラマCD|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Drama CD|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=July 8, 2009|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0000677ES/ |title=ONE 輝く季節へ~miniature~|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e miniature|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=July 8, 2009|language= ja}}</ref> A soundtrack for the all ages OVA series titled ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Music from the Animation'' (also known as ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Vocal Mini album'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005MFU3/ |title=ONE~輝く季節へ~Vocal Mini album|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Vocal Mini album|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=July 8, 2009| language=ja}}</ref> was released on August 10, 2001 by KSS.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928152752/http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/1757210/s/~6b19cf0ce|url=http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/1757210/s/~6b19cf0ce|title=ONE 輝く季節へ Music from The Animation|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Music from The Animation|publisher= Jbook|archive-date=September 28, 2011|access-date=September 19, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> An original soundtrack for ''One: True Stories'' was released by ChamberRecords/Hobirecords on November 21, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00030DKG8/ |title=ONE ~輝く季節へ~ True Stories オリジナルサウンドトラックアルバム|trans-title=One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e True Stories Original Soundtrack Album|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=July 8, 2009|language=ja}}</ref>

==Reception==
According to a national ranking of how well [[bishōjo game]]s sold nationally in Japan, the ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e Memorial Selection'' Windows release ranked in on seven separate occasions. The game premiered at number six in the rankings during the first two weeks of September 2000.<ref name="rank1-30">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227171208/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank67.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank67.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 1 and 30|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=December 27, 2005|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the first two weeks of January 2001, the ''Memorial Selection'' ranked in at number 30,<ref name="rank1-30" /> and a month later during the first two weeks of February 2001, ranked in at number 38.<ref name="rank38">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227174428/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank69.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank69.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 38|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=December 27, 2005|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Memorial Selection'' ranked in again at 41 between the end of February and March 2001,<ref name="rank41-32">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227184031/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank72.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank72.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 41|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=December 27, 2005|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the following two weeks ranked in at 32.<ref name="rank41-32" /> ''Memorial Selection'' ranked on the list again between May 7–20, 2001, ranking in at 47,<ref name="rank47">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227174905/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank76.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank76.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 47|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=December 27, 2005|access-date=May 17, 2008|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> and then for a final time during the first two weeks of July 2001, ranking in at 37.<ref name="rank37">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010905112611/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank80.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank80.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 37|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=September 5, 2001|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''One'' full-voice edition for Windows premiered at number 12 out of 50 in the ranking,<ref name="rank12-40">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227191801/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank117.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank117.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 12 and 40|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=December 27, 2005|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ranked the following two weeks at 40.<ref name="rank12-40" /> In the month that followed, the ''One'' full voice edition ranked first in 60th place, and then again in the following ranking at 44.<ref name="rank60-44">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227175616/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank119.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank119.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; One ranks 60 and 44|publisher=Peakspub|archive-date=December 27, 2005|access-date=June 14, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> The PlayStation port in 1999 was reviewed by the Japanese video game magazine ''[[Famitsu]]'', which gave it an overall score 27/40.<ref name="ps-famitsu">{{cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8600&redirect=no|title=輝く季節へ|publisher=[[Famitsu]]|accessdate=February 18, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> 

The all ages OVA series was given a negative review by Carlos Ross of THEM Anime Reviews. Despite looking "kinda cute", he criticized the characters as having "no personality beyond the standard cliches of [a] dating simulation." However, Ross did praise the art style, commenting that it was "rather nice, being in traditional analog style rather than CG."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=27|title=One: To The Shining Season|author=Ross, Carlos|publisher=THEM Anime Review|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> The ''One: True Stories'' adult OVA series was reviewed at Mania.com where the reviewer remarked, "''One: True Stories'' is the perfect kind of entry level or couples type of show that focuses just as much on the story and emotions of the characters as the sex, if not more so." The characters were found to be "appealing", and the story is described as a "fantasy but it's a nice fantasy."<ref name="truestories" />

==Legacy==
[[Type-Moon]] co-founder [[Kinoko Nasu]] credits the PlayStation port of ''One'' as inspiring him to be a video game scenario writer. After he read a ''Famitsu'' review of the PlayStation port (in issue No. 538, dated April 9, 1999<ref name="ps-famitsu"/><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220218093852/https://jp.mercari.com/item/m88618893717|url=https://jp.mercari.com/item/m88618893717|title=週刊ファミ通 NO.538 1999/4/8 フロントミッションサード|publisher=Mercari|archivedate=February 18, 2022|accessdate=February 18, 2022|language=ja|url-status=live}}</ref>) that urged readers who normally dislike "orthodox romance video games" to try playing it because of its "science fiction elements," Nasu bought the game and became enthralled by its in-depth story. That made him realize that he could write an interesting story in a video game format, leading him to start writing ''[[Tsukihime]]'' and distribute a free promotional version of the game at [[Comiket|Comiket 56]] in August 1999.<ref name="nasu-famitsu">{{cite web|url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201910/05182695.html|title=【FGO】奈須きのこ氏インタビューで迫る過去・現在・未来。第2部完結後の構想は2パターン存在(1/4)|publisher=[[Famitsu]]|date=October 5, 2019|accessdate=February 18, 2022|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.typemoon.org/works/kokuti.html|title=月姫無料告知フロッピー|publisher=[[Type-Moon]]|accessdate=February 18, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> Nasu also preferred how the text in the ''One'' PlayStation port is overlaid across the entire game screen, which was the format he used in ''Tsukihime'', as opposed to the Windows version of ''One'' that has the text in a dialogue box on the lower portion of the screen. Illustrator and Type-Moon co-founder [[Takashi Takeuchi]] was already a fan of ''One'' at the time, but he preferred the Windows version.<ref name="nasu-famitsu"/> Nasu also said in a 2001 interview that the influence from ''One'' was so strong in his work at the time that even the manner in which the protagonist of ''Tsukihime'' talks is very similar to how Kōhei talks in ''One''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dōjin Game Maniacs|publisher=Kill Time Communication|date=July 2001|page=27|isbn=4-906650-96-1|language=ja}}</ref>

After the release of ''One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e'', the game's producer YET11 was the only staff member who worked on the game who was later credited for future titles produced by Tactics, such as Tactics' next [[visual novel]] ''Suzu ga Utau Hi'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=361|title=鈴がうたう日 ～a story of Angelic Girl, arrived the SunnyField.～ ErogameScape－エロゲー批評空間－|trans-title=''Suzu ga Utau Hi ～a story of Angelic Girl, arrived the SunnyField.～'' ErogameScape - Eroge Commentary Room -|publisher=ErogameScape|access-date=September 8, 2009|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216133554/http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=361|archive-date=December 16, 2010}}</ref> The rest of the main production staff for ''One'', along with its predecessor ''[[Moon (visual novel)|Moon]]'', were later credited with the creation of the visual novel ''[[Kanon (visual novel)|Kanon]]'' under the brand [[Key (company)|Key]] attached to [[Visual Arts (company)|Visual Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=187|title=Kanon ErogameScape－エロゲー批評空間－|trans-title=''Kanon'' ErogameScape - Eroge Commentary Room -|publisher=ErogameScape|access-date=September 8, 2009|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228084754/http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=187|archive-date=December 28, 2007}}</ref> Characters from ''One'' have appeared in other media  not directly based on the ''One'' series. The six heroines from ''One'' have appeared in the ''[[Eternal Fighter Zero]]'' [[Dōjin soft|dōjin game]]s by [[Twilight Frontier]].<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[Eternal Fighter Zero]]|developer=[[Twilight Frontier]]|publisher=[[Twilight Frontier]]|platform=[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]|language=ja}}</ref> Additionally, Rumi Nanase can be seen as a background character in several episodes of the ''Kanon'' [[anime]] series by [[Kyoto Animation]].<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Lieder ohne Worte Between the Elder and the Younger Sister|series=Kanon|series-link=Kanon (visual novel)|network=[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]|credits=[[Kyoto Animation]]|airdate= January 25, 2007|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=The Disappearing Adagio|series=Kanon|series-link=Kanon (visual novel)|network=[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]|credits=[[Kyoto Animation]]|airdate=February 1, 2007|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=The Contact Étude|series=Kanon|series-link=Kanon (visual novel)|network=[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]|credits=[[Kyoto Animation]]|airdate=February 8, 2007|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode|title=The Ronde Without You|series=Kanon|series-link=Kanon (visual novel)|network=[[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]|credits=[[Kyoto Animation]]|airdate=February 22, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> [[Itaru Hinoue]], the art director of ''One'', included illustrations from ''One'' in her [[art book]] ''White Clover: Itaru Hinoue Art Works'' released in 2009.<ref>{{cite book|title=White Clover: Itaru Hinoue Art Works|publisher=[[VisualArt's]]|year=2009|isbn=<!--Doesn't exist-->}}</ref>

A [[sequel]] loosely based on the ''One'' visual novel titled {{Nihongo|''One 2: Eien no Yakusoku''|One 2 ～永遠の約束～||lit. ''One 2 ~The Eternal Promise~''}} was produced by the visual novel studio BaseSon, another brand under [[Nexton]]. ''One 2'' was released first on April 26, 2002, and then again on April 25, 2003 with added voice acting, scenario, CGs and music.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://baseson.nexton-net.jp/one2/index.html|title=ONE2 ～永遠の約束～|trans-title=On e2: Eien no Yakusoku|publisher=BaseSon|access-date=June 16, 2007|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseson.nexton-net.jp/one2voice/index.htm|title=ONE2 with VOICE|publisher=BaseSon|access-date=June 16, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> ''One 2'' used the concept of the Eternal World established in ''One'' as a major [[Motif (literature)|motif]] as ''One'' had done. The Eternal World in ''One 2'' is better explained than in ''One'', though the two versions of the world differ to a certain extent due to the scenario writers that worked on ''One'' not being credited on the production staff of ''One 2''.

===Remake===
An enhanced remake, simply titled ''One'', was announced in July 2022 for Windows and the [[Nintendo Switch]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nelva |first1=Giuseppe |title=One. for Nintendo Switch & PC Reveals Mayu Shiina With New Trailer & Art |url=https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/one-for-nintendo-switch-pc-reveals-mayu-shiina-with-new-trailer-art |website=TechRaptor |date=April 2023 |access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref> to commemorate Nexton's 30th anniversary, with Itaru Hinoue returning as the main illustrator.<ref name="GematsuAnnouncement">{{Cite web|last=Romano|first=Sal|date=July 21, 2022|title=NEXTON 30th anniversary project ONE. announced|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2022/07/nexton-30th-anniversary-project-one-announced|website=Gematsu|access-date=August 13, 2022}}</ref> It was released on December 22, 2023, with support in English and Chinese by Shiravune.<ref name="SilconeraOneAnnouncement">{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Stephanie |title=Remake of 1998 Visual Novel One Will Come Out in December |url=https://www.siliconera.com/remake-of-1998-visual-novel-one-will-come-out-in-december/ |website=Silconera |date=26 May 2023 |access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref> The remake is developed by  Novamicus, a brand of Nexton. Unlike the original, the remake will not feature adult content in any of its versions.<ref name="SilconeraOneAnnouncement" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Nook News – 5/29/23 PlayStation Makes The First Move! |url=https://www.nookgaming.com/nook-news-5-29-23-playstation-makes-the-first-move/ |website=NookGaming |date=29 May 2023 |access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723212557/http://sv.force-x.com/~tactics/qtactics/one.htm |date=July 23, 2011 |title=Tactics' official ''One'' website }} {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://nexton-net.jp/~nexton/one_full/ Nexton's official ''One'' website] {{in lang|ja}}
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118181126/http://www.kid-game.co.jp/kid/game/game_galkid/kisetu/kisetu.html |date=January 18, 2008 |title=KID's official ''One'' website }} {{in lang|ja}}
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*[http://nexton-net.jp/nexton30th/ Nexton's official ''One'' remake website] {{in lang|ja}}

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